I don't know what you're referring to about the /etc thing, but I know that I did name it with a "." and openal is still there. I'll take another look at it tomorrow. Thanks for the help, I had a lot of fun playing today.

Running the console didn't do much, it said everything was up to date. When I ran pslaunch it gave me the usual, and psclient gave me this:
WARNING: Logging before InitGoogleLogging() is written to STDERR
I0223 15:05:43.742615  2341 libcurl_wrapper.cc:57] LibcurlWrapper init succeeded
Your configuration files are in... /home/sam/.PlaneShift
PlaneShift has quit unexpectedly!

A report containing only information strictly necessary to identify this problem will be sent to the PlaneShift developers.
Please consult the PlaneShift forums for more details.
Attempting to upload crash report.
W0223 15:05:43.787391  2341 libcurl_wrapper.cc:205] Could not find libcurl function curl_formfree
W0223 15:05:43.787416  2341 libcurl_wrapper.cc:157] Could not find function pointers
Unable to start correctly libcurl!
Segmentation fault

I'm gonna go fix that config file and see if it does anything.

Okay, I changed the line so it ended in ".software" and this happened:

WARNING: Logging before InitGoogleLogging() is written to STDERR
I0223 15:12:09.768566  2384 libcurl_wrapper.cc:57] LibcurlWrapper init succeeded
Your configuration files are in... /home/sam/.PlaneShift

crystalspace.syntax.shadervariable:
  Texture '/lib/std/shadow_noise.png' not found.
  [node: shadervars,shadervar(name=tex shadow noise)]
PlaneShift has quit unexpectedly!

A report containing only information strictly necessary to identify this problem will be sent to the PlaneShift developers.
Please consult the PlaneShift forums for more details.
Attempting to upload crash report.
W0223 15:12:10.170443  2384 libcurl_wrapper.cc:205] Could not find libcurl function curl_formfree
W0223 15:12:10.170466  2384 libcurl_wrapper.cc:157] Could not find function pointers
Unable to start correctly libcurl!
Segmentation fault

I guess I'll try ".null" now...

HAHA! EAT THAT YOU SILLY CODE! I WIN!
In other words, the damn thing finally worked with a few errors, but the main screen appeared w/ servers and such. Thanks for all the help, I'll tell you if there are any other problems.

All right, I'll try those (or rather, I'm pretty sure I want the x64 one). Thanks a lot!

Crud, I can't uninstall the one I had originally, apparently that isn't working either. Is there another way to get rid of it?
Because /opt/PlaneShift/uninstall doesn't even exist. Where did it go?

Thanks; what would you consider to be the "right directory", the one that libssl.so.1.0.0 is in? I found it in /usr/lib64. Are you just saying that I should make a symbolic link to it so that the client will get the same data, just under a different name?

I couldn't find anything called "libssl", but I apparently have openssl and openssl-devel installed. Looking through my package manager, I see a ton of various ssl packages designed for different protocols or whatever, do you think I'd need a specific one?

Thanks for the help. I'm in fact still running the repair thing, and it's taking quite a while for the .zip files to download, so I will most likely return tomorrow with some information. Hopefully this will work.

Okay, the updater finished and nothing seems to have changed. Also when you talk about .5 and .4, are you referring to planeshift or openal?
Nvm, I'm dumb. I'm almost entirely certain that I have .5 of PS.

I'm using Fedora 12, and when I run the launcher from the terminal I get this:
WARNING: could not load plugin 'crystalspace.syntax.loader.service.text'
ERROR: Couldn't load plugin with class 'crystalspace.syntax.loader.service.text'!
WARNING: failed to initialize plugin 'crystalspace.graphics3d.shadercompiler.xmlshader'
WARNING: failed to initialize plugin 'crystalspace.graphics3d.shadercompiler.weaver'
WARNING: could not load plugin 'crystalspace.syntax.loader.service.text'
ERROR: Couldn't load plugin with class 'crystalspace.syntax.loader.service.text'!
WARNING: failed to initialize plugin 'crystalspace.graphics3d.shadercompiler.xmlshader'
WARNING: could not load plugin 'crystalspace.level.loader'
WARNING: could not load plugin 'crystalspace.level.loader'
WARNING: Can not load default shader vars, no iSyntaxService available
Opening GLX2D
Checking for updates to the updater: Creating Context
Video driver GL/X version (direct renderer)
Visual ID: 0x0000000000000024, 24bit TrueColor
R8:G8:B8:A8,
level 0, double buffered
WARNING: could not load plugin 'crystalspace.syntax.loader.service.text'
ERROR: Couldn't load plugin with class 'crystalspace.syntax.loader.service.text'!
NOTIFY: Applied: NVidia: GENERATE_MIPMAPS does not generate last level
NOTIFY: OpenGL renderer: GeForce 9800M GS/PCI/SSE2 (vendor: NVIDIA Corporation) version 3.2.0 NVIDIA 190.53
NOTIFY: Using windowed mode at resolution 1024x768.
NOTIFY: Pixel format: Color: 24 Alpha: 8 Depth: 24 Stencil: 8 AccumColor: 48 AccumAlpha: 16 MultiSamples: 0
NOTIFY: Multisample: disabled
NOTIFY: Using VBO with 64 MB of VBO memory
Default shader /shader/std_lighting.xml not available
Default shader /shader/std_lighting_portal.xml not available
WARNING: could not load plugin 'crystalspace.renderloop.step.generic.type'
Failed to load plugin crystalspace.renderloop.step.generic.type; pandemonium will ensue.
WARNING: could not load plugin 'crystalspace.rendermanager.unshadowed'
No rendermanager set!
Mounting skin: /planeshift/art/pslaunch.zip
Texture Manager parsing /paws/launcher/imagelist.xml
Sat Feb 20 20:14:46 2010, <src/common/paws/pawsimagedrawable.cpp:66 PreparePixmap SEVERE>
Sat Feb 20 20:14:46 2010, Could not open image: >/paws/base/maps/leather/top_left_1.png<
Sat Feb 20 20:14:46 2010, <src/common/paws/pawsimagedrawable.cpp:66 PreparePixmap SEVERE>
Sat Feb 20 20:14:46 2010, Could not open image: >/paws/base/maps/leather/top_right_1.png<
Sat Feb 20 20:14:46 2010, <src/common/paws/pawsimagedrawable.cpp:66 PreparePixmap SEVERE>
Sat Feb 20 20:14:46 2010, Could not open image: >/paws/base/maps/leather/bottom_left_1.png<
Sat Feb 20 20:14:46 2010, <src/common/paws/pawsimagedrawable.cpp:66 PreparePixmap SEVERE>
Sat Feb 20 20:14:46 2010, Could not open image: >/paws/base/maps/leather/bottom_right_1.png<
Sat Feb 20 20:14:46 2010, <src/common/paws/pawsimagedrawable.cpp:66 PreparePixmap SEVERE>
Sat Feb 20 20:14:46 2010, Could not open image: >/paws/base/maps/leather/left_1.png<
Sat Feb 20 20:14:46 2010, <src/common/paws/pawsimagedrawable.cpp:66 PreparePixmap SEVERE>
Sat Feb 20 20:14:46 2010, Could not open image: >/paws/base/maps/leather/right_1.png<
Sat Feb 20 20:14:46 2010, <src/common/paws/pawsimagedrawable.cpp:66 PreparePixmap SEVERE>
Sat Feb 20 20:14:46 2010, Could not open image: >/paws/base/maps/leather/top_1.png<
Sat Feb 20 20:14:46 2010, <src/common/paws/pawsimagedrawable.cpp:66 PreparePixmap SEVERE>
Sat Feb 20 20:14:46 2010, Could not open image: >/paws/base/maps/leather/bottom_1.png<
DEBUG: Initializing OpenAL sound system
DEBUG: Retrieving available devices.
DEBUG: Available OpenAL device: PulseAudio Software
DEBUG: Available OpenAL device: ALSA Software
DEBUG: Default OpenAL device: PulseAudio Software
DEBUG: No device specified
DEBUG: Falling back on default device
Segmentation fault
I'm at a loss as to what I should do; any ideas?